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Re: Visible skip navigation links, was: good example

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From: Stephanie Sullivan
Date: Nov 12, 2003 9:12PM

on 11/12/03 9:40 PM, <EMAIL REMOVED> at
<EMAIL REMOVED> profoundly spewed forth their very
articulate thoughts:

> Another group who rely on skipping navigation (but often don't use any
> special assistive technology) are those with a physical impairment that
> prevents them (permanently or temporarily due to an accident) from using a
> mouse.

But don't those people navigate then by tabbing through with the keyboard?
Thus, if the skiplink was coded properly they would still hit it.

???

Stephanie Sullivan

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